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Then sayde the Lord vnto me, Though Moses and Samuel stoode before mee, yet mine affection coulde not be toward this cast them out of my sight, and let them depart.
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And if they say vnto thee, Whither shall we depart? then tell them, Thus saith the Lord, Such as are appointed to death, vnto and such as are for the sworde, to the and such as are for the famine, to the and such as are for the captiuitie, to the captiuitie.
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And I wil appoint ouer them foure kindes, sayth the Lord, the sworde to slay, and the dogs to teare in pieces, and the soules of the heauen, and the beastes of the earth to deuoure, and to destroy.
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I will scatter them also in all kingdomes of the earth, because of Manasseh the sonne of Hezekiah King of Iudah, for that which he did in Ierusalem.
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Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee, O Ierusalem? or who shalbe sorie for thee? or who shall go to pray for thy peace?
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Thou hast forsaken me, sayth the Lord, and gone therefore wil I stretch out mine hand against thee, and destroy for I am weary with repenting.
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And I wil scatter them with the fanne in the gates of the earth I haue wasted, and destroyed my people, yet they would not returne from their wayes.
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Their widdowes are increased by mee aboue the sande of the I haue brought vpon them, and against the assembly of the yong men a destroyer at noone I haue caused him to fal vpon them, and the citie suddenly, and speedily.
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Shee that hath borne seuen, hath bene made her heart hath the sunne hath failed her, whiles it was she hath bene confounded, and ashamed, and the residue of them will I deliuer vnto the sworde before their enemies, sayth the Lord.
Jeremiah’s Woe
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Wo is mee, my mother, that thou hast borne mee, a contentious man, and a man that striueth with the whole earth I haue neither lent on vsury, nor men haue lent vnto me on yet euery one doeth curse me.
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The Lord sayd, Surely thy remnant shall haue surely I will cause thine enemie to intreate thee in the time of trouble, and in the time of affliction.
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Shall the yron breake the yron, and the brasse that commeth from the North?
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Thy substance and thy treasures wil I giue to be spoyled without gaine, and that for all thy sinnes euen in all thy borders.
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And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burne you.
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O Lord, thou knowest, remember me, and visite me, and reuenge me of my take mee not away in the continuance of thine know that for thy sake I haue suffered rebuke.
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Thy wordes were founde by me, and I did eate them, and thy worde was vnto me the ioy and reioycing of mine for thy Name is called vpon me, O Lord God of hostes.
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I sate not in the assembly of the mockers, neither did I reioyce, but sate alone because of thy for thou hast filled me with indignation.
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Why is mine heauines continuall? and my plague desperate and cannot be healed? why art thou vnto me as a lyar, and as waters that faile?
The LORD’s Promise
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Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou returne, then wil I bring thee againe, and thou shalt stand before and if thou take away the precious from the vile, thou shalt be according to my let them returne vnto thee, but returne not thou vnto them.
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And I will make thee vnto this people a strong brasen wall, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not preuaile against for I am with thee to saue thee and to deliuer thee, saith ye Lord.
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And I will deliuer thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeeme thee out of the hand of the tyrants.